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News Stories 2010: June - April

Jun 29 'Academising' our primary schools will not solve parents' problems - Eady

Jun 28 Government moves right, political agenda moves elsewhere

Jun 27 Vince Cable was on excellent form on Sunday's Andrew Marr Show . .

Jun 27 Vince Cable: 'This is war. It's going to be very hard - and that's why I'm at one with the Tories . . '

Jun 27 Danny Alexander: Liberal Democrats put fairness at the heart of the budget

Jun 26 Hughes on the Budget

Jun 26 Huhne on the Budget

Jun 26 Clegg quizzed

Jun 26 Cable on the Budget

Jun 26 Bruce on the budget

Jun 26 Harvey on the Strategic Defence and Security Review

Jun 26 Royal Parks parking: Minister should make a statement NOW

Jun 25 Lib Dems Force Network Rail To Back Down On Ugly Fence At Teddington Station

Jun 25 EDF to be called to account following borough wide power failure

Jun 25 Council should avoid services cuts this year by using its healthy reserves

Jun 25 Leaked email shows Goldsmith asked Tory leader to back 'flagship' river centre

Jun 25 Council should reconsider decision to axe Outskirts youth magazine

'Richmond reserved for the rich' as Tories plan to scrap affordable housing target

Jun 25 Tory Council to spend £50,000 on consultants to check work of consultants

Jun 25 Council should avoid services cuts this year by using its healthy reserves

Jun 25 Council should avoid services cuts this year by using its healthy reserves

Jun 25 Budget 2010: United in austerity

Jun 24 Vince Cable: Why the VAT rise had to happen

Jun 22 Clegg on the Budget

Jun 22 Vince Cable: Country has been living on borrowed time

Jun 19 Featherstone quizzed on Violence Against Women and Women and Equalities

Jun 19 Alexander quizzed on Public Spending

Davey on Building a High-Skilled Economy

Jun 19 Hemming and Huppert and part of Green on the Identity Documents Bill

Jun 19 Cable on Industry

Jun 19 Hughes and Russell quiz Cameron on the Saville Report

Jun 19 Huhne quizzed on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Jun 19 Heath on Parliamentary Reform

Jun 19 Swinson on Parliamentary Reform

Jun 19 Featherstone on wheel-clamping

Jun 19 Kirby, McCarthy and Birtwistle quiz Webb on Long-term Deprivation

Jun 19 Browne on 'Emerging Economies

Nandy quizzes Webb on Departmental Pay Rates

Jun 19 Hughes, Smith and Russell quiz Cameron on Afghanistan

Jun 19 Clegg on the challenges facing the European economy

Jun 18 Knight: we will offer Tories a principled opposition

Jun 18 Clegg highlights the government's commitment to children and families

Jun 18 Clegg highlights the government's commitment to children and families

Jun 17 Manifesto2010

Jun 17 Nick Clegg unveils plan to give Lib Dems independence from government

Jun 17 Cuts will damage services to children

Jun 16 Deputy Prime Minister Clegg: why we need 'compassionate cuts'

Keeping Boris in check will be a tough task for Dee

Jun 14 Lib Dems grassroots press Nick Clegg to deliver on capital gains

Jun 12 Clegg quizzed on his salary

Jun 12 Alexander quizzed on Management Consultants

Jun 12 Clegg on Constitution and Home Affairs

Jun 12 Heath on the reform of the Commons' Standing Orders

Jun 12 Cable quizzed on Regional Development Agencies

Jun 12 Davey quizzed on Flexible Working

Jun 11 aCouncilRole

Eady: 'Why the delay in the Shene School Academy project?

Jun 9 Simon Hughes sets out proposals for a new Lib Dem team in the House of Commons

Jun 9 LA at 10: Improving accountability in London - a tenth anniversary plan for change

Jun 9 University cuts are difficult dilemma

Jun 7 Riverside

Jun 6 The Lib Dem Legacy: Solid Reserves And Record Investment

Jun 5 Vince Cable's Speech at the Cass Business School

Jun 4 Hampton Wick

Jun 4 Hampton

Fulwell and Hampton Hill

Huhne on Energy and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jun 2 Campbell on Afghanistan and Trident

Jun 2 Laws quizzed on Spending Cuts

Jun 2 Foster on the Queen's Speech

Jun 2 Heath on the '55 % threshold' [for dissolving Parliament]

Jun 2 Libel reform forces its way up the political agenda

Jun 1 Blind Eye to Elephant on Twickenham Riverside

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May 31 TheyworkForYou

May 30 David Laws' resignation letter

May 28 Huhne backs higher emissions targets

Lib Dem stalwart Simon Hughes tipped to replace Vince Cable as deputy leader

May 28 Twickenham Station - the Tory approach to Consultation

May 24 South Richmond

May 22 northrichmond

May 21 Nick Clegg answering questions after his speech on political reform

May 21 Norman Lamb MP appointed Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to Nick Clegg

May 20 The Coalition: our programme for government

May 20 Deficit Reduction: The Manifesto Programme

May 20 Civil Liberties: The Manifesto Programme

May 20 Business: The Manifesto Programme

Banking: The Manifesto Programme

May 20 Energy And Climate Change: The Manifesto Programme

May 19 Nick Clegg on political reform

May 17 'Dear Chief Secretary, There's no money left.'

May 17 Special Conference passes 'Building a fairer Britain in government'

May 17 Vince Cable's last for the Mail on Sunday [May 15]

May 15 BoroBrief

May 12 A summary of the policies that have been agreed

May 12 Environment Agreement - 3rd Runway Scrapped

May 12 Change that works for you

Vince Cable 'tried to block talks on Conservative deal'

May 9 Vince Cable Writes From A Lib Dem 'Safe House': 'As We Seek The Right Way Forward . . '

May 7 Nick Clegg's speech this morning

May 4 The man who could be chancellor plans radical changes for the City: City A.M. profiles Vince Cable

May 2 Vince Cable: The Gaffe - it's a spectre that haunts us all [Mail on Sunday]

May 2 Brutal choices over British deficit

May 2 My London: Vince Cable

May 2 Liberal Democrats target previously safe seats as election confidence grows

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Apr 30 Final Leaders' Debate: Nick Clegg's closing statement

Apr 29 Postal voters: 10 pm on May 06 is the deadline!

Vince Cable attacks 'billionaire tax dodgers'

Apr 29 Esher College's admission policy

Apr 28 Clegg Targets More Seats as Poll Show Hung Parliament (Update1)

Apr 28 Susan Penhaligon and Vince Cable on campaign . .

Apr 27 Nick Clegg given real bargaining clout by predictions of an extra 40 seats

Apr 26 Vince Cable is right about everything . . .

Apr 25 Clegg on Brown 'squatting' in Downing Street

Apr 24 Lib Dems Deliver More Primary School Places

Apr 23 Clegg Scores Second Win in Party Leaders Debate

Apr 22 Only the Liberal Democrats listen to Britain

Lib Dems welcome cycling manifesto

Apr 21 Richmond's schools: expanding and improving

Apr 21 What Vince Cable could bring to No 11

Apr 21 2nd Party Leaders' TV debate: Foreign Affairs: Freeview Channel 82, 8 pm tonight

Apr 21 Opinion Poll Latest: Winning Here!

Apr 19 Zac Goldsmith the first victim of Nick Clegg's new TV popularity

Apr 16 Clegg Wins Debate as Brown, Cameron Stay Deadlocked (Update2)

Apr 16 Nick Clegg Storms First Ever Party Leaders Debate

Apr 14 Primary School Expansion Update

Apr 14 Fairness - The Liberal Democrat Manifesto Launch

Clegg Will Be the Big Winner of the TV Debates

Apr 12 11 Adventure Playgrounds for 8 - 13 year-olds announced

Apr 11 Clegg quizzes Brown at PMQs . . for the last time???

Apr 11 Hughes on Gang Crime

Apr 10 Candidates2010

Apr 9 David Trigg: Working for Twickenham Riverside Ward

Apr 9 David Trigg: Working for Residents in the Council's Cabinet

Apr 9 Denise Carr: Working for Residents in the Council's Cabinet

Apr 9 Denise Carr: Working for Twickenham Riverside Ward

Apr 7 Nick Clegg: why we must have political reform

Party President Ros Scott Launches Susan Kramer's General Election Campaign

Apr 6 Baker on the death of Dr David Kelly

Apr 6 Third Party Leaders' TV debate: Economy

Apr 6 Second Party Leaders' TV debate: Foreign Affairs

Apr 6 General Election Polling Day

Apr 6 Deadline to apply for Proxy Vote for the General Election

Apr 6 Deadline to apply for Postal Vote for the General Election

Apr 6 Deadline to register to vote for General Election

Apr 6 First Party Leaders' TV debate: Domestic Affairs

Apr 5 Serge Lourie introduces our manifesto for the next four years

Heathrow Expansion Plans "Dead In The Water"

Apr 5 £160,000 grant to help Council find jobs for unemployed

Apr 5 Lib Dems sign up to London Wildlife Trust Manifesto 2010

Apr 5 Borough's Olympic logo unveiled

Apr 5 Academy status confirmed for Shene School

Apr 5 National award for helping young people with work related learning

Apr 5 Primary school offers day - 93 % get a school of choice

Apr 5 Lib Dems Welcome North Sheen Footbridge Planning Application

Patients Deserve Better Out Of Hours Care - Kramer

Apr 5 Lib Dem MPs Hand In Kingston Hospital Petition To Downing Street

Apr 5 Pot Hole Update 2010

Apr 5 CO2 parking is working

Apr 5 Pro-environment parking is an award winner

Apr 5 Less clutter as 100 signs taken down

Apr 5 Businesses invited to free Green training

Apr 5 More homes to benefit from Low Carbon Zone

Apr 5 Make sure you are registered to vote

Apr 5 Cable on the Budget

Featherstone on the Speaker's Conference on Parliamentary Representation

Apr 5 Harris and Huhne quiz Hanson on mephedrone

Apr 5 Kramer quizzes Mole on Waterloo station

Apr 5 Clegg quizzes Brown on the European Council

Apr 5 Browne, Kennedy and Willis on the Budget

Apr 5 Campbell quizzes Ainsworth on Afghanistan

Apr 5 Baker on the death of Dr David Kelly

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